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Glimmer of hope for house prices

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... the major centres with tight vacancy rates. The report also finds that around Australia, residential investment property returns for three bedroom houses and two bedroom 'other dwellings', such as apartments and townhouses show an average annual return ...

ISN blasts FSC's independence policy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... major governance issues for retail super funds, "namely the tension between their legal obligation to maximise shareholder returns and the fiduciary duty owed to fund members." ISN also said the policy contains no proposal to avoid or even disclose related ...

Defensive investors may have traded risks

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... is a flight from equities during difficult times, said Turek. "And thirdly, an "inflation linked" component that links returns over the long run to inflation and can help preserve the purchasing power of investors' money if interest rates don't or can't ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... fell out of touch?" (Air Supply) Financial markets are again questioning the efficacy - or should I say, the diminishing returns - of another QE, the suspicion it'll raise over the Fed's credibility and its independence, the expansion of the Fed's balance ...

Brokerage domination chokes competition: Paritech

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... says. In the US a stockbroker is required by law to provide clients with cost-based reporting to avoid mistakes when tax returns are lodged with the IRS. As a result, stock broking firms now provide clients with reporting that's tax-ready in an effort ...

Aus Sup to manage 30% of own funds in 5 years

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... under management is expected to increase to $100 billion by 2016 as a result of employer and member contributions, market returns, and merger activity. In 2012/13 net cash flows, the AGEST merger and IBM transition will see the Fund grow by approximately ...

Adelaide adviser facing sentence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... support his lifestyle, the majority of the money was used to pay other unrelated clients to maintain expected investment returns or pension payments from investments that he had recommended to them. If Bean is convicted, the offences each carry a maximum ...

Fund returns recover to 3.1%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
The SelectingSuper workplace default option index surged in July, with the rise sufficient to push rolling 12 month returns up to 3.1% - their highest level in 11 months. The strong bounce-back was triggered by the 4.2% July monthly return from the ...

Catch-all 'Alternative' label useless: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... benefit from a similar approach, said Pillemer. "They developed this approach because they had to adapt rapidly when market returns fell and investors challenged their previous value propositions," he said. The subtlety is, however, that implementing ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... - seeking the return OF their capital - flocking into US Treasuries, sending yields on the 10-year to record lows and returns up 6.5% to date (after a 29.1% rally in 2011). And who can ignore the rally in our very own bond market of late? Australian ...